MacDonald Dress
A tartan of the MacDonald family.
Its design is pattern BRBRBRBRBRKGRGRGRGRGKWBWKRKWBWKR — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.
The MacDonald Dress tartan is recorded as a single sett.
| Sett | ΔTartan | Thread count | Threads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacDonald Dress | DB/24 R6 DB4 R2 DB16 R2 DB4 R6 DB24 R2 K24 G24 R6 G4 R2 G16 R2 G4 R6 G24 K24 W4 DB8 W32 K2 R8 K2 W32 DB8 W4 K24 R/2 | 678 | 1880 | |
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Nearest tartans
The nearest NAMED TARTANS — each represented by its master sett — by ΔTartan distance from this tartan's master, which leads the table so the swatches line up against it.
ΔTartan
Threads
Variant
Sett
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678

1288

678

1204

408

648

900

424

293

1296

400

Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 10814 named tartans (their master setts) placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (42% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its master cloth. The map is a flat projection of a many-dimensional space — how to read it.